Category: life

A few weeks ago, I took my daughter to the Art Institute here in Chicago. She’s three. So as you can imagine it wasn’t a tremendous success of actually seeing a ton of art. We had a lot of fun though doing crafts they had set up for kids and eating lunch. My proudest momentRead More

When I discovered a piece of wood in my food at the hospital. I guess it’s the safest place to be eating wood fragments. A question I get asked a lot is: “Why do you put so much personal information into the things you write and vlog about?” I’ll share moments with my crying toddler,Read More

My 3 year old daughter is in school. Most of her classmates are older than her. She keeps up great. But she reported to us recently, that many kids have called her small. And it makes her feel bad. It’s easy to just chalk this up to kids being naive. “Hey kid, comparing your ageRead More

Five ways I cope with worrying as a leader. The other week, I interviewed Jason Fried, CEO and co-founder of Basecamp. I asked him what he wish he would’ve learned earlier as a leader. His response? Worry less. I smiled when he said this. Oh, how I could relate! Over the past few years, I’ve noticedRead More

Here’s the one thing that separates good managers from the bad. Most of us have had two different types of bosses during our careers: The Boss Everyone Wish They Had and The Boss You Don’t Want to Be. Recently, I was reminded of the latter — The Boss You Don’t Want to Be — when talking to two friends theRead More